PARKSIDE 82, NORTHWOOD 74
Parkside men's basketball opened 2019 with a big GLIAC win Gymnasium over Northwood as Brandon Trimble scored a career-high 20 points, making it his seventh straight game scoring in double-figures. The Rangers held off a late Timberwolves comeback to improve to 3-2 in league play while Adam Bonk had his eighth game this season with multiple 3-pointers, going 5-for-7 from downtown. As a team, Parkside shot 12-of-24 from beyond the arc.
 
HEAR FROM COACH REIGEL
"The first half went very well because of our defense and we really did Defend The Den," head coach Luke Reigel said. "It was good balance all the way around in the that first half and in the second half I thought we played our best basketball of the year in that first 6-8 minutes. We knew they were going to make a run and we had to hang on for dear life. I thought our guys showed a lot of guts at the end of the game."
 
FIRST HALF
The teams went even for the first 5:00, as they were knotted up at 10-10 early on. Adam Bonk caught fire midway through the half, hitting three straight triples that brought Parkside out to a 4-point advantage and they wouldn't trail the rest of the way. A Jonathan Morrobel 3-pointer made it a 12-point lead at the 2:28 mark and Parkside took a 39-28 lead into the locker room.
 
SECOND HALF
In the second half, Parkside led by as many as 19 points on two occasions. Bonk hit another trey at the 10:20 mark that put the Rangers up 64-45 but the Timberwolves followed with a 8-0 run from 8:15 to 6:09 to make it a 9-point Parkside lead. With the game getting more physical towards the end, Northwood cut the lead to seven twice, but Parkside took care of the ball and iced the game away at the free-throw line down the stretch.
 
A LOOK AT THE STATS
Trimble had a career-high 20 points on 5-of-6 shooting and went 8-of-9 at the free-throw line while Bonk finished with 18 on 5-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc. Chavares Flanigan scored 17 points and had a team-high five assists while Brandon Hau had a team-high nine rebounds.
 
The Rangers shot very well throughout the game, going 51-percent from the floor, 50-percent from 3-point range and went 20-for-25 at the free-throw line. Six different players connected on a 3-pointer tonight for the Rangers.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
Parkside will hit the road and battle Saginaw Valley State on Saturday, Jan. 5 at 2 p.m. in University Center, Mich. The Green & White returns home next week, hosting undefeated Ashland on Thursday, Jan. 10 at 7:30 p.m. and Wayne State at 2 p.m. on Saturday.